Waris Dirie Quotes

• Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.

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  Girl, Baby, Children

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• Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind

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  Relationship, Trust, Loyalty

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• Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in.

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  Giving Up, Believe, Fighting

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• Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

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  Girl, Example, Female

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• Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.

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  Pain, Eye, Cutting

  "Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2013 - Sixth-form Category". www.theguardian.com. May 06, 2013.

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• My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.

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  Mother, Flower, Mean

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• I always knew, from the very day of my own mutilation, that I would one day fight against this practice. I did not know how and when, but I knew that I would fight it.

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  Fighting, Practice, One Day

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• We need to empower women: provide them with work for their own income, and teach them to become independent of men so they will never have to have their children suffering the same torture.

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  Children, Independent, Men

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• Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

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  Mother, War, People

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• I know what I am fighting for. I am fighting for the most basic rights of innocent children. And that is why I never take the criticism too deep under my skin.

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  Children, Fighting, Rights

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• Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.

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  Moving, Mountain, Insult

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• I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

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  Lying, Looks, Telling The Truth

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• Muchos amigos han expresado su preocupación por que un fanático religioso intente matarme cuando vaya a África. Al fin y al cabo, voy a denunciar un crimen que muchos fundamentalistas consideran una práctica sagrada. Estoy seguro de que mi trabajo será peligroso, y admito que tengo miedo.... Pero mi fe me dice que sea fuerte, que Dios me ha guiado por este camino por una razón. Él tiene un trabajo para mí. Esta es mi misión. Y creo que mucho antes del día en que nací, Dios eligió el día en que moriré, así que no puedo cambiarlo. Mientras tanto, mejor me arriesgo, porque eso es lo que he hecho toda mi vida.

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  Religious, Strong, Believe

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• If you can survive in the desert, you survive anywhere. I know more than anything life in desert. You can tell by looking at the dirt how long ago it rained, how hard it rained, how much water came through. You can by looking at a plant, a tree, from an animal's look. I can read the desert like I read my hand.

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  Animal, Long Ago, Hands

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• FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

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  Rights, Century, Humans

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• Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Daughter, Perfect

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• Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.

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  Girl, Children, Believe

  Interview with Ryan Kohls, whatiwannaknow.com. January 27, 2012.

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• I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.

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  Regret, Grateful, Love Life

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• I am strong, determined, impulsive, happy, and emotional.

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  Strong, Emotional, Determined

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• Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.

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  World, Way, Sometimes

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• When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.

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  Successful, United States, Chance

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• Fashion is fun, ridiculously fun. But it's base and it's wrong. You're not doing anything good for the world. You're just saying, 'Buy it, buy it, buy it.

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  Fashion, Fun, World

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• Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

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  Law, People, Important

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• Somalia is facing many problems, I don't even know where to start.

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  Problem, Somalia, Knows

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• I have often felt like I was the only one fighting against female genital mutilation. There is still a huge taboo surrounding the topic, because it involves the most private parts of the female´s body. But whenever I feel like this is too much for me to do, I read e-mails and messages I receive every day from people thanking me for speaking up for them, for giving them a voice. These messages let me know that I am not alone, and that what I do is worthwhile.

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  Fighting, Voice, Speaking Up

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